Front Cover; Precambrian Banded Iron-Formations: Physicochemical Conditions of Formation; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the English edition; Preface to the Russian edition; Chapter 1. PRECAMBRIAN BANDED IRON FORMATIONS, THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND THEIR AGE, SPATIAL AND GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; Introduction; Geologic poaition of banded iron-formations; Relationship of volcanic and sedimentary processes in the formation of the banded iron-formations; Composition of banded iron-formations; Present ideas on the origin of the banded iron-formations.
Chapter 2. CONDITIONS OF DEPOSITION IN THE PRECAMBRIANIntroduction; Evolution of sedimentary processes; Geochemical history of the atmosphere and ocean in the Precambrian; Evolution of life in the Precambrian; Chapter 3. CONDITIONS OF MIGRATION AND DEPOSITION OF IRON AND SILICA; Introduction; Physicochemical data on the forms of transport and conditions of deposition of iron and silica; Geochemical data on the forms of transport and conditions of deposition of iron and silica in natural waters; Analysis of the energy of the processes of diagenesis of cherty iron sediments.
Physicochemical model of the formation of cherty iron sediments in the PrecambrianChapter 4. PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF METAMORPHISM OF THE ROCKS OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CHERTY IRON-FORMATIONS; Introduction; Main factors in rnetamorphism; Thermodynamics of metamorphism of cherty iron sediments; Stability of the rocks of the BIF under the conditions of ultrametamorphism and granitization; Chapter 5. ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ORE MINERALS OF THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON-FORMATIONS; Introduction; Variations in the oxygen isotopic composition of the ore minerals and genesis of magnetite.
Relationship of the occurrence of types of iron minerals to the content of carbon and some other elementsCONCLUSION; APPENDIX: System of consistent thermodynamic constants of minerals, sediments and ions; Wüstite; Stoichiometric wüstite; Nonstoichiometric wüstite; Magnetite; Hydromagnetite; Hematite; Goethite; Iron hydroxide; Hydrous ferrous oxide; Siderite; Fayalite; Ferrosilite; Grunerite; Minnesotaite; Greenalite; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX.
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Geology, Stratigraphic-- Precambrian.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Iron ores.
Quartzite.
Quartzite. Iron ores. Geology, Stratigraphic-- Precambrian.